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The University Library The typical university library provides a valuable collection of databases useful for both primary and secondary data collection on a company or industry. Some of the leading information databases are listed below. 1. Macro-Level Industry Information − Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys Quarterly − U.S. Industrial Outlook − Value Line Industry Survey − Corporate and Industry Research Reports − Guide to the Economic Censuses and Related Statistics − Market Share Reporter 2. Company-Level Information − Moody’s manuals for financial information − Standard and Poor’s corporation records, current issues − Hoover’s guides and handbooks on companies − Dow Jones news retrieval − Annual reports and other corporate documents − SEC file − EDGAR PLUS − Stock brokerage reports (Investex, corporate, and industry research reports) In addition to these sources of information, the library commonly provides an online database on industry and company related information. The ALADIN software, for example, provides a guided menu for exploring these databases. Two prominent sources on ALADIN are ABI/Information on business and management and the Business and Industry database. These databases provide search-driven abstracts and articles. |
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The World Wide Web While the library provides ready access to large databases on the industry and companies, it has its limitations in providing detailed and updated information. Therefore, students should not limit themselves to the sources in the library. The World Wide Web is also an important source for detailed and updated information. The Web also provides relevant sites on case writing and research. 1. Popular Library Subscriptions Library subscriptions to online databases often include: a) Dow Jones (http://dowjones.com) b) Lexis-Nexis (http://www.lexis-nexis.com) c) Encyclopedia Britannica Online (http://www.eb.com)
2. Generic Business- and Industry-Related Web Sites a) Annual Report Gallery (http://www.reportgallery.com): The site has links to annual reports of companies available on the Internet. b) Central Banks on the World Wide Web (http://www.bis.org/cbanks.htm): The site is regularly updated with a list of links to web sites for the central banks of several countries. c) Data on the Net-UCSD (http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata): The site has hundreds of links to sources of social sciences data. d) Economic Time Series (http://www.economagic.com/): The site provides links to a great many time series, mostly for the United States. e) Edgar Plus (http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm): This site contains financial reports of corporations that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the past two years. f) Hoover’s Stock Screener (http://www.stockscreener.com/): This site allows you to screen stocks using up to twenty criteria simultaneously. g) Morningstar Net Stock Screens (http://www.morningstar.com): This site allows you to screen over 8,000 stocks according to certain criteria. h) OECD Statistics (http://www.oecd.org/statistics/): This site includes information about economics from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 3. Human Resources and Organizational Studies Sites a) American Society for Training and Development (http://www.astd.org) b) HR Online (http://hronline.com) c) SHRM (http://www.shrm.org) d) Training and Development Resource Center (http://tcm.com/trdev) e) Workforce Online (http://www.workforce.com) f) Academy of Management (http://www.aom.pace.edu)
4. Prominent Sites on Case Writing and Research Some of the prominent sites on case writing and research are the following: a) North American Case Research Association: http://web.bentley.edu/empl/c/lchin/nacra/nacraindex.html b) World Association for Case Research and Applications: http://www.agecon.uga.edu/~wacra/wacra.htm c) European Case Clearing House: http://www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk/ d) CaseNet: http://csf.colorado.edu/CaseNet/index.html e) Case Studies for Politics: http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/poli/casestud/ |